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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Stu, Harold, and Ralph form a search party to find whom?

2. What does Larry bring to Mother Abigail as gifts?

3. Julie Lawdry does what to Nick and Tom while they are in the store?

4. Larry's party calls the city of Boulder what now?

5. Nadine finds herself at a drive-in theater where Flagg’s voice transmits through what object?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of "Baby, Can You Dig Your Man," Larry's rock song?

2. What does Trashcan Man hope to find at the Nellis Air Force Range?

3. What does Randall Flagg order Lloyd to do?

4. Was Harold Lauder's death arranged by someone?

5. What was the purpose of Larry and Ralph and Glen "sacrificing themselves?"

6. How is "The Kid" killed?

7. What does it mean that Stu Redman is not sick like his friends in Arnette?

8. What happens to Harold and Nadine when they are riding west on their motorcycles?

9. What happens to Randall Flagg at the end of the novel?

10. Why did Randall Flagg kill Harold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Animals serve as helpers to both factions. Give examples of who they are and how they intervene in human affairs.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze whether Randall Flagg is a reliable character or not. Include evidence from the text to support your assertions.

Essay Topic 3

Do you think The Stand could be viewed as an allegory, or a warning, of anything else that might cause society to collapse?

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